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phillebeauinshenzhen, china, with a profile of the largest electric vehiclemaker in this country and what the future looks like for the electric vehicle in china. that story coming up. >>> an adid you want resignation at price line. the online travel company ceo darren houston left the company after an internal investigation found he had an improper relationship with an employee. the investigation concluded that houston broke the company's code of conduct. the company says his resignation is not related to his operational or financial performance. >>> ford reported record profits easily beating wall street estimates. net income more than doubled because of strong demand for trucks and suvs as well as low gas prices. the automaker had its most profitable quarter in europe since 2008. ford's ceo says demand is healthy worldwide. >>> when we look at the markets around the world, here in the u.s. for example, the macro economic fundamentals point to a very healthy market and a very healthy industry that we have right now that we could see for the next couple of years, barring any kin

phil lebeau in shenzhen, china, with a profile of the largest electric vehiclemaker in this country and what the future looks like for the electric vehicle in china. that story coming up. >>> an adid you want resignation at price line. the online travel company ceo darren houston left the company after an internal investigation found he had an improper relationship with an employee. the investigation concluded that houston broke the company's code of conduct. the company says his...

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. >>> avoiding security lines. from the airports to the ballpark. >>>i'mphillebeauindenver. take me out to the ball game, just get me into the park quicker. that's fine as long as you're willing to use your fingerprint. that story next on "nightly business report." >>> 85 million more vehicles here in the u.s. could face a takata air bag recall. the nation's highway safety watch dog says that number is in addition to the nearly 29 million inflaters that are already slated for replacement. those air bag inflaters of course can explode with too much force and send shrapnel into drivers and passengers. this is already the largest automotive recall in our nation's history. >>> american airlines is joining a growing chorus of critics including a lot of passengers who say security lines at airports are too long. in a statement american airlines said, the lines at tsa checkpoints nationwide have become unacceptable. the result? our customers are waiting in tsa lines greater than one hour. the airline went even further to say that during a week in march, nearly 6,800 passengers missed flights beca

. >>> avoiding security lines. from the airports to the ballpark. >>> i'm phil lebeau in denver. take me out to the ball game, just get me into the park quicker. that's fine as long as you're willing to use your fingerprint. that story next on "nightly business report." >>> 85 million more vehicles here in the u.s. could face a takata air bag recall. the nation's highway safety watch dog says that number is in addition to the nearly 29 million inflaters that...

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board ofdirectors.phillebeauhasour story. >> reporter: they walked in silence, but their message was loud and clear. pilots at united airlines want activist investors to stop meddling with the leadership of their airline. >> we truly don't know what exactly these groups have in mind for us. they've yet to state any intentions on what they plan for our future. but we do know what our current ceo has planned for our future. and we are facing that going forward. >> we're letting our voice be known that we are behind the vision that oscar munez has put forward for the company right now, a long-term vision of investing in our people, our facilities and our aircrafts. >> reporter: the pilots' support of united ceo oscar munoz comes one month after he returned to work following a heart transplant. as he went back to work full time, two hedge funds which own a little more than 7% of the airline, went to work on a proxy battle to remake united's board of directors. the hedge funds believe united's directors have let the airline lag behind competitors while the industry has soared to recor

board of directors. phil lebeau has our story. >> reporter: they walked in silence, but their message was loud and clear. pilots at united airlines want activist investors to stop meddling with the leadership of their airline. >> we truly don't know what exactly these groups have in mind for us. they've yet to state any intentions on what they plan for our future. but we do know what our current ceo has planned for our future. and we are facing that going forward. >> we're...

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in that country. but now that success is beingchallenged.phillebeauhasmore from the beijing auto s >> reporter: walk around the beijing auto show and it's clear china has fallen in love with suvs. last year chinese consumers bought more than 6 million of them. and sales remain red hot. >> you're only going to see it accelerate. and frankly, around the world, you're seeing a lot of the d and e car stuff suffer and either flatten out or decline. it's true here too. the suv market seems to be insatiable. we're going to be prepared to do that. and we don't see things slowing down on the suv side of it. >> reporter: for all the success gm and ford have had selling suvs in china they're struggling to compete with chinese brand suvs like this one. the cf-35. starts at about $10,000. well below the price point for suvs made by international competitors. when you look at what's driving suv sales, it's the low end of the market. suvs around $10,000 made by local automakers. that's the heart of the market right now. chinese automakers now sell more suvs in this country than foreign brands.

in that country. but now that success is being challenged. phil lebeau has more from the beijing auto s >> reporter: walk around the beijing auto show and it's clear china has fallen in love with suvs. last year chinese consumers bought more than 6 million of them. and sales remain red hot. >> you're only going to see it accelerate. and frankly, around the world, you're seeing a lot of the d and e car stuff suffer and either flatten out or decline. it's true here too. the suv...

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still needs to befinalized.phillebeauhasmore. >> reporter: seven months after volkswagen admitted to rigging the engines of diesel models so they appeared to meet emission standards when in fact they were breaking pollution laws, the automaker has agreed to a plan for compensating the owners of those models. among the options for vw owners, having their cars caught back. getting them fixed and receiving payment from vw. or being let out of their lease. but exactly how much money vw owners will be offered or how long it will take to fix their cars remains unclear. a federal judge wants those details finalized by mid-june and they still need to be approved by epa. for vw dealers this settlement is a step towards moving past the scandal that has rocked their business. since september of last year, vw sales in the u.s. are down. while nearly every other auto brand is up. and overall sales in the u.s. are close to a record high. >> it's estimated this agreement will wind up costing volkswagen at least $3 billion. but this scandal is still far from over. there's still a departm

still needs to be finalized. phil lebeau has more. >> reporter: seven months after volkswagen admitted to rigging the engines of diesel models so they appeared to meet emission standards when in fact they were breaking pollution laws, the automaker has agreed to a plan for compensating the owners of those models. among the options for vw owners, having their cars caught back. getting them fixed and receiving payment from vw. or being let out of their lease. but exactly how much money vw...